天津医科大学 ZhouXuan

　　Good afternoon , my dear judges and audience:

　　I am very glad to have a chance to give you a speech on my topic.

　　Firstly,I have three questions to list.

　　DO you like going to the KFC or McDonald's at the street corner? Do you like wearning torn jeans in order to be the person with the coolest look? Do you like to colour your hair? Most young people do like to. They think it's the latest fashion.

　　About twenty years ago, our China was reformed and opened to the world, the influence of foreign culture became a serious problem. well ,there is no denying that our China is a developing country, there is no denying that our China fell behind the developed countries. But it's not the reason to say "moon abroad is bigger than at home". To my surpise ,too many young people take it as their belief. They are crazy about American fashions , Korean fashions and Japanese fashions.They would like to wear rings and necklaces no matter whether they are boys or girls .They like the people we call the punk.

　　Well,also to my surpise, The young people nowadays know quite a lot about the differnce between French dishes and Italian dishes but they don't know how long the Great Wall is , I think it's shocking.

　　Actually,the people who copy the foreign culture wholly neglect the Chinese culture features. As we know , our traditional culture is well known to the world . Do you know how many foreign travellers come to China per year for her splendid culture? Since the APEC meeting was held in Shanghai Pudong financial district last october , how popular Chinese traditional clothes are with many foreign people ? Also in the National Geographic channle from the United States our culture is considered to be the best . That's true.

　　To construct a rich and prosperous country has been a dream of ours for several genenations .How can we make it come true ? By paying special attention to the foreign fashions ? No, of course not. Now , our China has become a member of the World Trade Organization . We will be in everyday communiation with the rest of the world . I am not suggesting that we refuse foreign culture wholly, but I am suggesting that we should emphasize our ethnic culture . We Chinese youth should be pride of our long history and splendid traditional culture . This is something I feel strongly about.

　　Like many young people of my age in China , I hope to see our mother land become prosperous and respected in the international community.

　　Let's agree , on the importance of our ethic cultuer and on the importance of maintaining it .

　　Good luck ,China.

　　Thank you for listening.